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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Exercise May Improve Dialysis Patients’ Physical and Mental Health

Aerobic activity, but not strength/flexibility activity, was linked positively with health-related quality of life, and inversely with depressive symptoms and premature death among 5763 dialysis patients who were followed for a median of 1.6 years. Very active patients were 40% less likely to die during follow-up than inactive or rarely active patients. In dialysis patients with heart failure, aerobic activity was not linked with prolonged survival, but was associated positively with health-related quality of life and inversely with depressive symptoms. Patients had higher aerobic activity levels if they were treated in dialysis clinics offering exercise programs, according to the CJASN study.

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